Cuba has been under oppression for so long that they are looking and trying to get out so bad that they are creating sounds that some do not make sense.
Many people in my opinion do not understand what is going on in Cuban music and salsa
I dont think you are entirely being accurate and are making more of a personal statement, with some very big generalizations and assumptions.
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Rumba back then was conducted with 3-4 drums and caja today they need Cajones mix with conga,bata, bongos and other stuff do you really need all of this ? And one other persons Quote,""To much noise and confusion of instruments that are not needed'' '' . The bata was used for religious ceremony's only ,today on any thing and every thing, what an embarrassing moment for the true religious Person. The youth is destroying tradition and we are letting them.
Different branches of Rumba, do you believe Guaguanco, Yambu, Columbia to be the only form of Rumba? The branches of the Rumba tree are many.
Rumba back then
Back then? When is this is exactly? Seeing Rumba forms began on Cajones?
Because you see a video of someone playing bongo is a Rumba form, you automatically assume this is what is being done widespread thoughout the island?
Bata - in Religious vs. non Religious application, I am Omo Aña, and can tell you first hand you could not be more wrong. Youth is not destroying anything.
Aña has the highest respect and widely studied and performed. Fundamento drums are alive and well and have no signs of being lost anytime soon.
Aberikula drums are also used widespread in conjunction with non religious performance. There is a significant difference, I trust you at minimum understand this.
There are also Aberikula drums, made to appear like Aña, however used in contemporary styles.
The traditions are alive and doing very strongly.
As for the development, and history of Cuban popular forms leading through Son, Charanga, Changui, Songo, Mozambique, Latin/Afro Cuban Jazz, Fusion, etc their styles have continued to develop giving rise to the term 'Timba' which embraces all these styles, as the term 'Salsa' does to Son Montuno, Guaracha, etc etc..
Invented no, if you follow the timeline of the bands and study their repertoires and styles, you will find clear links in development through Arsenio, Conjunto Riverside, Rumbavana, Ritmo Oriental, Adalberto Alvarez y Su Son, Reve, Aragon, Los Van Van, Opus 13, Irakere, NG La Banda, Dan Den and all the newer groups which have risen from there including Pupy Y Los Que Son Son, Azucar Negra, Bamboleo, Havana D'Primera, Klimax, Manolito y Su Trabuco, Elito Reve, and countless others.